Francine Stock and star guests on the latest cinema releases, DVDs and films on TV. Friday 4.30pm - 5pm
This week
21 March 2008
Oscar winner Javier Bardem reveals the difficulties of acting in a foreign language and why he enjoyed playing one of literature's greatest lovers...
In The Film Programme this Week:
Javier Bardem The Oscar-winning star of No Country For Old Men reveals why he followed up the Coens' bleak film noir with an adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's acclaimed novel.
Love in the Time of Cholera is in cinemas, cert 15
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Nigel Floyd discusses the reasons why he thinks the Brad Pitt western was the best film of 2007.
The Assassination Of Jesse James is released on DVD on March 31st
On the Black Hill Andrew Grieve, the director of the film adaptation of Bruce Chatwin's novel looks back 20 years to its production.
On the Black Hill is available on DVD
Under the Bombs Director Phillipe Aractingi explains why and how he placed actors in real situations in war-torn Lebanon for his new feature film.
Under the Bombs is in selected cinemas, cert 15
The Film Programme Recommends:
In the Multiplex Lars And The Real Girl
In the Arthouse Under The Bombs The Orphanage
On DVD The Assassination Of Jesse James La Notte The Counterfeiters